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C OU NT Y O F KAU A‘I
BERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
News Release
For Immediate Release: September 28, 2017
JUSTIN KOLLAR, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Tel (808) 241-1888
Fax (808) 241-1758
Burgess sentenced to prison for promoting methamphetamine
LĪHU‘E – Prosecuting Attorney Justin F. Kollar announced that Scott Kaipo Burgess, age
60, formerly of Kapa‘a, was sentenced today to serve 10 years in prison for his role in a 2013
drug bust that yielded nearly 227 grams of methamphetamine, associated drug paraphernalia,
and more than $20,000 in U.S. currency.
The sentence, for a class B felony charge of Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Second
Degree, was handed down by Fifth Circuit Chief Judge Randal G.B. Valenciano after hearing
sentencing arguments from Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Timothy Tate and Burgess’s public
defender.
On August 20, 2013, officers from the Kaua‘i Police Department along with FBI special
agents executed a search warrant on Burgess’s residence on Eggerking Road in Wailua
Houselots. A Fifth Circuit Grand Jury indicted Burgess in November 2013, but Burgess fled to
California before he could be apprehended.
While in California, Burgess was arrested and incarcerated for unrelated drug offenses.
Following his release in California, Burgess was arrested on the strength of the Kaua‘i warrant
and extradited back to Hawai‘i.
“Those who traffic methamphetamine on Kaua‘i should know that we will not rest in our
efforts to end their trade and hold them accountable for the damage they do,” stated Kollar.
“This drug destroys lives and families. We will continue to vigorously prosecute these offenders.”
Scott K. Burgess
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